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Senior FEA Engineer

San Jose, California

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. 

We are looking for a Senior FEA Engineer to design, analyze, and test key hardware components for our humanoid. 

Responsibilities:

  • Define and analyze load cases for our humanoid robot
  • Analyze full robot stiffness
  • Create finite element models to analyze falling, overload, durability and day to day operations
  • Optimize design of parts and structures for minimizing weight and maximizing stiffness
  • Work with mechanical team to develop FEA workflow and tutorials 
  • Collaborate with mechanical, industrial design and electrical teams to architect the system
  • Test systems in the real world and compare against finite element models. Pay close attention to modeling of bearing and other OTS components.
  • Collaborate with controls engineers to determine load profiles 
  • Help define materials (metals, polymers and textiles) for critical robot components

Requirements: 

  • Expert knowledge of solid mechanics
  • Expert in setting up and running implicit and explicit finite element analysis models
  • Experience modeling metals and polymers
  • Experience with durability analysis methods
  • Experience working with suppliers to characterize new polymers

Bonus Qualifications: 

  • CATIA V6 Experience
  • Expert in ABAQUS
  • Experience with soft goods materials including textiles
  • Experience working with system level modeling and physics engines such as MuJoCo
  • Modeling of structural resonance frequency

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $150,000 and $225,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

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